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Panic buying behavior in the UK when lockdown was announced

Posted on 2020/08/18 by Carl Robitaille

Awesome data collection regarding the panic buying behavior in the UK when lockdown was announced. It compares the sale of certain food items with the crazy busy Christmas period. Source: https://t.co/i5qfnjMH19 pic.twitter.com/i1yzMPyyDl
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) August 18, 2020

The Broken Economics of Organ Transplants

Posted on 2020/08/14 by Carl Robitaille

The Final Years of Majuro

Posted on 2020/08/14 by Carl Robitaille

Personal income actually rose a staggering 7.3% in Q2, even as GDP fell -10%

Posted on 2020/07/31 by Carl Robitaille

Some context: Personal income actually rose a staggering 7.3% in Q2, even as GDP fell -10%.

The difference? An extraordinary level of government support through economic impact payments, unemployment assistance, and PPP for businesses.
(Source: https://t.co/yySlEONgoU) pic.twitter.com/TJZ5r73LvW
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) July 30, 2020

These 13 states need to lock down now, according to Harvard coronavirus experts

Posted on 2020/07/30 by Carl Robitaille

These 13 states need to lock down now, according to Harvard coronavirus experts

How the eviction crisis across the U.S. will look

Posted on 2020/07/28 by Carl Robitaille

How the eviction crisis across the U.S. will look

New global economic recovery tracker

Posted on 2020/07/27 by Carl Robitaille

The world is emerging from lockdowns that resulted in the most severe contraction since the Great Depression.
The FT’s new global economic recovery tracker uses alternative data to get a first glimpse of the rebound. Here’s what we’ve found so far 👇: https://t.co/l9ws2DIyXs
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 27, 2020

Enrich billionaires beyond imagination, but we just can’t solve poverty

Posted on 2020/07/26 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1287447339469348867?s=20

Mississippi, the poorest state in the US, still has a higher GDP per capita than most of the world

Posted on 2020/07/26 by Carl Robitaille

Mississippi, the poorest state in the US, still has a higher GDP per capita than most of the world. Source: https://t.co/r4zDBgK4Q4 pic.twitter.com/vbBpZaK2cv
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) July 26, 2020

Nearly 25% of all loans, credit cards and mortgages are in financial hardship programs

Posted on 2020/07/24 by Carl Robitaille

Nearly 25% of all loans, credit cards and mortgages are in financial hardship programs